Researchers present a two-arm nanorobot that achieves a high-speed 'freestyle' swimming motion, a new microscale propulsion mode that has not been observed in nature.
Jul 20th, 2017
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Researchers have demonstrated the application of an electrostatically confined gold nanoantenna for plasmonic enhancement of fluorescence in aqueous environments.
Jul 20th, 2017
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An electrode brought to the surface of a liquid that contains microparticles can be used to pull out surprisingly long chains of particles. Curiously enough, the particles in the chains are held together by a thin layer of liquid that covers them.
Jul 20th, 2017
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Tiny capsules embedded in the clothes we wear could soon be used to counteract the rise of sensitive skin conditions.
Jul 20th, 2017
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New technique can be used to test designs for reducing vortex motion and improving superconductors' properties.
Jul 20th, 2017
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Scientists have determined that no matter how large or small a piece of tobermorite is, it will respond to loading forces in precisely the same way. But poking it with a sharp point will change its strength.
Jul 20th, 2017
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Cancer drugs without side effects? Sturdier buildings? This virus might help.
Jul 19th, 2017
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In an advance that could boost the efficiency of LED lighting by 50 percent and even pave the way for invisibility cloaking devices, a team of researchers has developed a new technique that peppers metallic nanoparticles into semiconductors.
Jul 19th, 2017
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Scientists developed diagnostic sensors using protein-encapsulated nanocatalysts, which can diagnose certain diseases by analyzing human exhaled breath.
Jul 19th, 2017
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The newly-developed method provides protection from spin decay, meaning that the contained information can be maintained and transmitted over comparatively large distances.
Jul 19th, 2017
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This new laser system enables an entirely new class of experiments in simple atomic and small molecular systems, as well as high fidelity investigations of more complex molecules.
Jul 19th, 2017
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Scientists have developed a device that provides sensitive results, but in a less invasive way: a blood test.
Jul 19th, 2017
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Researchers combine micro and nano approaches to improve stem cell therapies and outcomes after ischemia, or inadequate blood supply.
Jul 19th, 2017
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First nanoparticle-based adhesive with imaging contrast effect in CT and ultrasound was successfully tested in animals and showed less toxicity than the FDA-approved glue CA-Lp.
Jul 19th, 2017
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When intestinal cells absorb titanium dioxide particles, this leads to increased inflammation and damage to the intestinal mucosa in mice with colitis.
Jul 19th, 2017
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Scientists report on the synthesis and applications of nanobodies they introduced into living cells.
Jul 19th, 2017
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